Day 15 Decisions Are Made

Oh my gosh, 10 days til Christmas!!!  And I am thankful, that I don't really have to do any Christmas knitting!! How about you?  I love Nancy Wheeler's thoughts about no Christmas knitting after November 30th, and I am adding that for next year for Advents as well.  

Don't get me wrong, I love opening the advents, but for me, it has run it course this year, and I just want to knit.  I am going to do a podcast all about it tomorrow, so you can hear all about it, but for the purposes of this blog going forward, I'm only going to post about the advents when I have something "real" to show. 

So, even though, today is the 15th, here is the 14th stripe.  Heel, flap and gussets are next in the solid black, but with my new take it easy, knit only what I want to be knitting on, that may or may not happen right away.  

Once I made that decision on both the Sock Advent and the Gnana's visit (gnome) advent, there was a great sigh of relief here at Chez PJKnits, and I could enjoy today's pot of coffee from the Door County Coffee Advent.

I hope your knitting is bringing you Joy and remember it is always Knitters Choice.

Day 14 Not Much To Show

 It's been a wet Saturday, and when the precipitation kicks in, so does my arthritis in my thumbs.  Maybe, I should move to warmer weather where it doesn't rain or snow?  LOL, I don't think a place exists unless, perhaps the desert and I am not a fan of the kinds of insects and animals there, so I'll stick with good ole Illinois, and kick up the heat in my little knitting room and make it warm.

Anyway, here is my post of the Advents for today.  The Gnome advent was another chapter to the story, and I'm still a day behind, but perhaps tomorrow there will be an update for you all.  As far as the sock, there should have been a new stripe, but because of the above, I just didn't feel like pushing the yarn around on double points today, and I am getting close to the heel, so that may be the update for the next couple of days.

The swap of 4 advents yarn is one of mine, which is so springy.  Today's coffee was not a flavor, but a good pot for sure.  The cup, another from the Arby's collection my Mom curated for me.  

Only 10 more days of Advents!!

True Confessions of An Advent Knitter

 I'm over it.  I just want to knit what I want to knit.

And that is why there is no Gnome knitting today, despite there being a hefty clue.  I did knit on my sock and drank my coffee, but as far as the Gnome goes, I'm behind.  

Remind me next year, no knitting advents, only coffee!  Have a good weekend!

It Was Supposed To Be Snow Showers

 And this is what we got.

But, I had some knitting to do, some coffee to drink 

on this 12th day of Advent.

Good Intentions

I totally had good intentions to come up and post for the 10th, but then went to bed and didn't realize today that I hadn't filled you in dear blog, for Tuesday, the 10th day of Advent.

My typical morning starts off around 6 a.m or earlier depending on when I wake up and can't go back to sleep, and that may be at 3:30.   During the days of Advents, I start by making coffee with the Door County Advent (a different flavor/pot every day). 

 Lucky coffee drinker that I am, I have a different coffee cup for the first 25 days of December.  Yesterday's was this cute little crystal cup with a holiday cottage on it.  It was a gift from one of my staff from my working days, and as I recall, it came with holiday candies it.

Yesterday's coffee was also Cherry Creme.  It smelled just like you would think it would, I just wasn't a fan, so this would not be one that I would have to have a whole bag of.

While I'm having that first pot of coffee, I turn on You Tube and find a nice holiday scene, with more times than not, a fire going on the screen and some nice early morning music.  At the same time, I usually work on the stripe of the day from the Woolens and Nosh Advent, open the swap of four and

wait for the clue of the day or other fun update for Gnana's Visit, a mystery KAL that is supposed to keep us guessing, which has!

This morning, the routine was pretty much the same, except

I decided to make it a Me Morning, and knit on something besides an Advent, so I knit a bit on my Riptide Slipover, watching it do a bit of flurrying outside, 

I still made my coffee, checked out to see what yarn awaited me for the Swap of 4 Advent, and saw that there wasn't any knitting on the gnome, which I pretty well expected.  The cup of the day was a mug that my Mom collected for me, back in the day at Arby's.  Not only do I have a mug, also, some wine goblets, champagne glasses and stay tuned later in Advent for the pedestal cup, all with the same design, poinsettias and gold rimmed.

In the end, it has been just a good day of kicking back and enjoying my Me Day!

DAY 9

 I'm curious, are you doing any advents this year???

How quickly today went by.  And thankful that today was an off day for Gnana's Visit, so I could catch up on some errands.  But first, there was coffee in another mug from my Mom.

While enjoying today's flavor, I knit another stripe on the Woolens and Nosh Advent socks, and pondered what I should do when it comes to the heel?  I am leaning towards an afterthought heel.

I, also, think I have narrowed down what my Advent Swap of 4 may be.  Stay tuned.

End of Week Advents

 

And just like that we are onto another week of Advents!

What Happened?

 Last night was a bit of a wonky night for the internet here at Chez PJKnits and none of my attempts at blog posting happened.  So here is a catch up for you~

We didn't have a Gnome clue, just a bit of the story about the Gnome family.  But, there was still knitting on the sock advent, coffee and a mini of yarn to open.

Today, there was lots of knitting on the Gnome.

I've got to graft the piece I have been working on and block it, but, am going to save it for tomorrow, in hopes that there isn't any knitting to be done on it.  I finally finished the cuffs on both of my socks, so I can now, several days in just plain knitting.  And of course, there was coffee and a mini.

But, to start the day, I did a podcast and posted it,  Podcast Number 129 is up on the PJKnits channel on You Tube and you can watch it by clicking here

Enjoy!!

These Advents Are Keeping Me Hopping!

 Day 3

Early morning and coffee, cup - another of my Mom's finds, coffee Deaths Door from Door County, no flavor, but a nice smelling coffee right out of the pack.

Since I wake up early and the clue from Gnana's visit doesn't drop until a couple of hours later, I knit on the Woolens and Nosh Socks until I get to the black part and open the swap mini as well.

Before I know it, the clue has dropped to Ravelry, and thankfully todays was a pretty short one, but it still took me to this afternoon to do it, as today was knitting day with friends in Peoria.

And since it was pretty chilly out today, a sweater was in order along with hand knit socks to keep the tootsies warm.  The theme was Stripes!!!

Isn't it good to be a knitter!!!

Woke Up To Unexpected Snow

So I could not pass one more time out on the porch.  Not for very long, though.

Today's mug is another from one that my Mom found many years ago, and the Advent from Door County Coffee was Grasshopper.  When I first saw what it was, I might have made a little face, but after smelling it brewing and then drinking it, I'm giving it a high score of 5, which means I'd buy it again.

There wasn't a Gnome Clue today, so I got a bit of break in that knitting, but today's stripe was a nice bright pink.  I think the best part of this advent from Woolens and Nosh is seeing what comes next.

And that is all for Day 2 of Advent!

 

It's Here!

 Advent Day 1 PJKnits Style

The Advents:

Door County Coffee - Today's selection was Jingle Bell Java and I used a cup from the memory bank.  My Mom loved to shop for holiday treasures at a good price, and I was the recipient of quite a few of those treasures including coffee cups.  Now, isn't that just so appropriate with my love of coffee, how would she have known?

Imagined Landscapes Gnana's Visit, a Mystery Gnome - my first ever gnome 

Just blindly following on with this knit

With an appropriate stitch stopper which was part of the Timber Yarns Kit

Next up is the Woolens and Nosh mystery sock skein, which is the first time that I have ever used her yarn.  This Advent is different that the yarn is hidden in a bag, already wound, and when you get to the black thread it is time to stop for the next day.  Very interesting

I have one other Advent, a swap of 4 of us knitters.  There isn't anything to show in the way of progress today, I am still searching for the perfect project, not wanting to start another scrappy blanket, so for now each of the 20 grams per day will go into a baggy until I come across just the right project.

That's all for Day 1, catch you on the purl side!